Lesson Curriculm Your 1st Lesson Scheduling Information
Lesson Curriculum
• Tuning the instrument, both manually and using a tuner
• Naming and memorizing the open strings
• How to properly hold the instrument, both in sitting and standing position
• Proper left and right hand placement
• Master complete control of your hands by studying both
picking and fretting hand techniques
• Right hand techniques such as picking, strumming and finger style
• Introduction to the fretboard
• Advanced fretboard knowledge
• Understand the importance of scales, chords and rhythm,
and how they apply to your ability to play any style of music
• Understand Half & Whole Steps
• Understand the CAGED Sequence so you can play any chord,
anywhere on the fretboard
• Learn to create melody by understanding chord tones and passing tones
• Understand modes and how they apply to improvising over chord changes
• Basic chords, including major, minor, 7ths and beyond
• Scales and melodic playing
• Learning to read tab and chord symbols
• Learning to read music in standard notation
• Chord construction and working with inversions
• Basic riff patterns
• Rock and blues patterns
• Pentatonic scales
• Major scale modes
• Understanding key and time signatures
• Harmony – chord voicing and selection
• Song and key selection
• Sight reading and musicianship
• Harmonization of the major scale
• Proper practice techniques
• Time management
• Basic and advanced accompaniment patterns
• Composition techniques
• The importance of dynamics
• Learning songs to reinforce techniques
• Alternate tunings
• Working with a capo
• Agility exercises
• Rhythmic exercises
• Proper rhythm techniques using a metronome
• Basic voice production and singing techniques
• Repertoire development
• And much more. . .